Boot or shoe



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,893, dated December12, '1882.

Application filed September 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, ofWorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Boots 0r Shoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is applicable to that class of boots or shoes known asstitch-down7 goods, in which the upper, except perhaps around theheel-seat, is turned outwardly and secured to a sole or soles `byfastenings or a seam or seams outside of the upper and passing throughthe upper and the sole or soles; and it relates to an improved method ofconstruction of the shank of boots or shoes, the upper of which, aroundthe fore part, is united to one or more soles by two seams or rows of'astenings outside the body of the upper, in order to secure a strongdouble shank with less than the usual amount of sole and upper leather'.

Heretofore in the shank in this 4 class of work the upper has eitherbeen turned in and fastened, as in the case `of pegged work, or, if theoutward-turned upper has been continued to the heel-seat, where it hasbeen fastened with but a single rowof fastenings, the construction isnotl sufficiently strong, while if the two seams or rows of fasteningsused around thefore partoutside the upper are continued around the shanka wider shank than is desirable isthe result.

My invention consists in fastening in the shank the outward-turnedportion of the upper to the subjacent sole by a single row of `stitchesor fastenings outside the body of the upper and uniting the soles with arow of pegs, nails, or screws, or their equivalent, inside the line ofjuncture ofthe upper and the sole with which it is in contact.

The accompanying drawings,iu which simi- `lar letters of referenceindicate like parts, represent, in Figure l, a vertical elevation of myimproved shoe,with portions broken out, showing vertical sections onlines m n and o p of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on line w y, Fig.l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line V W, Fig. l. Fig. l-is across-section on the line m y, Fig. 1, showing the outside seam, F,carried through both soles. Fig. 5 is a view of the bottom of the bootor shoe shown in elevation in Fig. 1, theloop of' the seam F heiligconcealed by a channel-flap.

In the drawings, A is the upper, which is turned outwardly at the lineof contact with the upper sole, B, and is fastened thereto by a seam orrow of fastenings, F, as is shown in Figs. l and 2, which seam may passalso through the bottom sole, C, as is shown in Fig. 4.

C is the bottom sole,applied directly beneath the sole B, or with llingD interposed.

G is a row of nails or other fasteuings, passing through and uniting thesoles C and B, and the illingD, if used.

An insole, E, may be used, if desired, into which the row of nails orfastenings Gr may be allowed to penetrate.

H, Fig. 3, is the outer seam, used around the fore part of the shoeoutside of the seam F.

In constructing this shoe the upper is lasted, as usual, and is fastenedaround the fore part of the shoe by two or more rows of fasteniugsoutside the body of the upper, arranged as may be desired; but onlytheinner rowof these fastenings is carried through the shank.

The point at which the outside row or rows shall `be discontinued isdetermined by conveuience; but it will ordinarily be just behind theball. After the bottom sole has been attached around the fore part, thelling D, if used, having been previously laid on, the rows of nails orfasteningsG are inserted concentric with the outside row, E, but insidethe line of contact of the upper with the sole and extendingfrom justbehind the ball of the slice to the heel-seat, as shown in Fig. 5.

Channels may be cut in the bottom sole, il which the rows of fasteningsG may be driven, so that when the flaps thereof are turned back theheads of the nails or `fastcniiugs will be concealed.

Itis essential to this construction lthat at least two soles be usedthrough the shank; but the soles under the fore part may be arranged, asdesired, with or without a slip-sole or tapsole. e

I claim` as my inventionj A stitch-down boot or shoe having the upperturned outward upon the upper sole and united IOO 2 26eme thereto aroundthe fore 'part by seams or rows with the upper sole and concentrictherewith, of festenings outside the body of the upper, substantially asand for the purpose set forth. l1nd united thereto in the shank by a,single f seam or row of fastenings outside the body of SOLOMON K'HINDLEY the upper, the upper sole andthe bottom sole, Witnesses: 'l

in the shank, being united by a row of fasten- ELMER P. HOWE,

ings inside the line of Contact of the upper -Wr A. SARGENT.

